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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne County

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  Total
Respond.^
Past 12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,528 9,149 74.4 73.0-75.9 1,210 13.0 12.0-14.2 775 8.4 7.5- 9.4 394 4.1 3.4- 4.9
-Wayne County 321 252 78.9 72.8-83.9 29 8.0 5.2-12.0 27 8.3 5.3-12.7 13 4.9 2.5- 9.5
GENDER
Male 100 84 85.2 75.0-91.7 7 5.4 2.4-11.9 6 4.0 1.7- 9.2 3 5.3 1.6-16.6
Female 221 168 74.2 66.4-80.7 22 9.8 6.1-15.6 21 11.4 6.9-18.3 10 4.6 2.2- 9.2
RACE
White 196 148 75.9 67.4-82.7 19 8.2 4.8-13.9 19 8.8 5.3-14.4 10 7.0 3.2-14.5
Other 124 103 83.1 73.9-89.6 10 7.6 3.9-14.3 8 7.5 3.2-16.5 3 1.8 0.6- 5.5
AGE
18-44 75 53 76.8 64.5-85.7 5 4.6 1.8-11.2 8 7.7 3.6-15.8 9 11.0 5.0-22.4
45+ 243 197 80.0 73.0-85.5 23 10.0 6.3-15.6 19 8.8 5.1-14.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 121 78.1 67.9-85.8 13 8.1 4.1-15.2 9 7.1 3.2-15.0 7 6.6 2.6-16.1
Some College + 171 131 79.5 71.9-85.4 16 7.9 4.7-13.0 18 9.2 5.4-15.2 6 3.4 1.4- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 144 84.7 77.8-89.7 16 7.2 4.0-12.5 12 4.9 2.4- 9.8 7 3.2 1.4- 7.4
$50,000+ 87 64 71.7 59.6-81.3 10 11.1 5.7-20.4 7 7.7 3.5-15.7 6 9.6 3.8-22.0

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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